CVE-2015-5964

The (1) contrib.sessions.backends.base.SessionBase.flush and (2) cache_db.SessionStore.flush functions in Django 1.7.x before 1.7.10, 1.4.x before 1.4.22, and possibly other versions create empty sessions in certain circumstances, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (session store consumption) via unspecified vectors.

Score

CVSS 2.0 5.0 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2015-08-24

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-399

Affected products

• Ubuntu Linux (Canonical)
• Django (Djangoproject)
• Solaris (Oracle)

References

• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172084.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1766.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1767.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1894.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3338
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76440
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033318
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2720-1
• https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/aug/18/security-releases/